Stakeholder participation in agricultural research projects: a conceptual framework for reflection and decision-making

Neef, Andreas; Neubert, Dieter

doi:10.1007/s10460-010-9272-z

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“…2). The scientific papers and research reports concerning MOTIFS (Mathijs et al 2004, Mulier et al 2004, Campens et al 2010, De Mey et al 2011 were analyzed to identify the initial objectives set for the tool, and to reconstruct the course of the process from design to implementation. In addition, we carried out indepth interviews with people involved in the MOTIFS process to gain more specific details about the selected fields of evaluation criteria that did not emerge from existing MOTIFS publications.…”

Section: Methods Data Sources and Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

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Reflection on the development process of a sustainability assessment tool: learning from a Flemish case

Triste¹,

Marchand²,

Debruyne³

et al. 2014

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ABSTRACT. Adoption of sustainability assessment tools in agricultural practice is often disappointing. One of the critical success factors for adoption is the tool development process. Because scientific attention to these development processes and insights about them are rather limited, we aimed to foster the scientific debate on this topic. This was done by reflecting on the development process of a Flemish sustainability assessment tool, MOTIFS. MOTIFS was developed with the aim of becoming widely adopted by farmers and farm advisors, but this result was not achieved. Our reflection process showed success factors favoring and barriers hindering tool adoption. These were grouped into three clusters of lessons learned for sound tool development: (1) institutional embeddedness, (2) ownership, and (3) tool functions. This clustering allowed us to formulate actions for researchers on the following aspects: (1) learning from stakeholders and end users, (2) providing coaching for appropriate tool use, and (3) structuring development of different tool types and exploring spin-offs from existing tools. We hope these normative results evoke other researchers to feed a debate on understanding tool development.

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“…Because of its advanced state, adjustments to the tool itself were not considered as an option. As Mulier et al (2004) and Meul et al (2009) show, this resulted in a shift in the tool's intended end users and implementation settings (Fig. 3).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

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Reflection on the development process of a sustainability assessment tool: learning from a Flemish case

Triste¹,

Marchand²,

Debruyne³

et al. 2014

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“…In this methodology, efforts were thus made to include all of the relevant stakeholders and to actively involve their experiences and knowledge in relation to land management (e.g. Flannery and Cinnéide, 2011;Neef and Neubert, 2001) in the research process. The criteria for selecting the stakeholders related to their individual background and knowledge about regional land use and management, …”

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Linking the ecosystem services approach to social preferences and needs in integrated coastal land use management – A planning approach

2014

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Coastal zones with their natural and societal sub-systems are exposed to rapid changes and pressures on resources. Scarcity of space and impacts of climate change are prominent drivers of land use and adaptation management today. Necessary modifications to present land use management strategies and schemes influence both the structures of coastal communities and the ecosystems involved. Approaches to identify the impacts and account for (i) the linkages between social preferences and needs and (ii) ecosystem services in coastal zones have been largely absent. The presented method focuses on improving the inclusion of ecosystem services in planning processes and clarifies the linkages with social impacts. In this study, fourteen stakeholders in decision-making on land use planning in the region of Krummhörn (northwestern Germany, southern North Sea coastal region) conducted a regional participative and informal process for local planning capable to adapt to climate driven changes. It is argued that scientific and practical implications of this integrated assessment focus on multi-functional options and contribute to more sustainable practices in future land use planning. The method operationalizes the ecosystem service approach and social impact analysis and demonstrates that social demands and provision of ecosystem services are inherently connected.

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“…We are aware of the risk that some well-meaning research initiatives fail to engage the interest of stakeholders, or the rewards for participation may be disappointing in some way, or not be sufficiently attractive [44]. Stakeholders may become weary of participation and disengage with researchers.…”

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Soil Conservation Practices and Stakeholder’s Participation in Research Projects—Empirical Evidence from Southern Italy

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Adoption of soil conservation practices is promoted by increased engagement between researchers and stakeholders. By reporting a case study from southern Italy where farmers have been involved in research projects dealing with soil conservation over several years, we demonstrated that the rate of adoption of conservative technologies is positively linked to the degree of stakeholder participation in the project and that farmers (and other stakeholders) have been driven toward more conscious perception of the complex link between agricultural practices, environmental impacts and socioeconomic effects. The results of this study reinforce the pivotal role of effective participatory processes in soil conservation-evidencing the importance of (i) time required to build relationships and (ii) intensity (and persistence) of collaboration among similar initiatives. Empirical evidence highlights the need to combine different approaches to deal with soil degradation. As well as the participatory time length, the synergies between the methods utilized, and the range of interacting mind sets are also very important.

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Stakeholder participation in agricultural research projects: a conceptual framework for reflection and decision-making

Cited by 206 publications

References 30 publications

Reflection on the development process of a sustainability assessment tool: learning from a Flemish case

Reflection on the development process of a sustainability assessment tool: learning from a Flemish case

Linking the ecosystem services approach to social preferences and needs in integrated coastal land use management – A planning approach

Soil Conservation Practices and Stakeholder’s Participation in Research Projects—Empirical Evidence from Southern Italy

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